Download or read book Building Legitimacy written by Isabel Alfonso and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2004 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides relevant insights into medieval political legitimation, and its impact on political competition and notions of power. With a main focus on medieval Castile, the political discourses purporting to legitimate practices of power are discussed, both as pieces of textual material and in their wider historical context.